I placed a texture plate onto my work table and put a sheet of lightweight metal on top of it.
Adding texture to silver sheet metal.
Cast some silver cuttlebone peices then solder them onto a silver sheet of bright finish.
Some people might prefer to apply a little tape to the sides of the plate to hold it in place but i just held mine in place.
If you are adding a hammered texture or putting your piece through a rolling mill with a texture sheet your metal will become thinner.
Traditionally carried out using a weighted fly press to force metal into a shaped mould decorative metal stamping can be carried out by simply using a shaped punch and a hammer.
So start with a thicker gauge than what you want your finished product to be.
Place the sheet on a clean flat smooth steel block.
These are designed to texture either lightweight metal or polymer clay.
Fold form 26 or 28 gauge sheet remember there are other factors to consider such as adding texture to your metal.
Wet metal causes tool rust and oxides on the metal will become embedded into the sheet during hammer texturing.
Metal ready for hammer texturing should be clean oxide free annealed and bone dry.
Tape the four corners down with painter s tape or masking tape.
I rolled over the top surface of the metal with a hard rubber brayer which raised the pattern of the plate on the metal.